This paper is published in Volume-7, Issue-6, 2021
Area
English
Author
Balvinder Kaur
Org/Univ
Independent Researcher, India
Pub. Date
14 December, 2021
Paper ID
V7I6-1286
Publisher
Keywords
BārahMāha, Sṛṅgāra Rasa, Śri Guru Granth Sahib, bāṇī, God.

Citationsacebook

IEEE
Balvinder Kaur. BārahMāha and Sṛṅgāra Rasa : Seeking Union With God, International Journal of Advance Research, Ideas and Innovations in Technology, www.IJARIIT.com.

APA
Balvinder Kaur (2021). BārahMāha and Sṛṅgāra Rasa : Seeking Union With God. International Journal of Advance Research, Ideas and Innovations in Technology, 7(6) www.IJARIIT.com.

MLA
Balvinder Kaur. "BārahMāha and Sṛṅgāra Rasa : Seeking Union With God." International Journal of Advance Research, Ideas and Innovations in Technology 7.6 (2021). www.IJARIIT.com.

Abstract

BārahMāha, as the title unfolds, is the description of twelve months in which the emotions and yearnings of the human heart are expressed in terms of the changing moods of Nature over the twelve months of the year. In it, the mood of Nature in each month depicts human soul longing for union with God, the way a woman longs her spouse or lover. Here the human soul the protagonist which suffers in the cesspool of transmigration as a result of its separation from the Supreme Soul. The present paper aims at hatching the graph of the journey of human soul, depicting the pangs of separation of the bride through twelve months, i.e., the human soul separated from her Divine Essence in the light of śṛngārarasa. Following the footsteps of Guru Nanak, Guru Arjan also adopted the folk poetry style for his compositions. Present paper elaborates the Guru Nanak’s BārahMāha.